Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-30
Candid People.

California Patron.
Candid people as a rule, are not
charming. I shall be candid myself,
and speak the plain, unvarnished
truth For your own good, my dear"
Il believe this to be the orthodox
manner of introductory The pro-
~fessional candid person is singularly
one-sided in her views. (We'll call
her a female, by way of argument
With a sort of cheerful alacrity, she
informs you that there is SCOT smirch
upon the side of your nose, but never,
by any possible stretcho candor, has
she ever been known to tell you that
the aforesaid nose is of the most APP
proved shape and size.
The candid person enters your
house and Immediately proceeds to
search for flaws. She pokes her sharp
eyes into the remotest corner. She
discovers a pinch of dust, an imper-
ceptible crack in the vase you bought
at half price, a tiny rent in the fold
OF the curtain she sees these things
she drags them out to the pitiless
light of day she exposes your shift
lessneSs. One word of remonstrance
from you, and the evidences of your
guilt are thrust and rethrust into
your face.
The candid person will tell you if
your toilet is unbecoming, but catch
her telling you when it is becoming.
1t is her business to inform you of
your shortcomings; never of your
attractions. She is quick to see blem-
ishes, slow to discover charms.
She is always at hand during time
of sickness to prophesy disaster. She
foretels misfortune with the preci-
sion of a s%ea-captain predicting the
weather.
She has a faculty of soaring above
hope itself, until she reaches some
region of gloom, from whence she
issues her omens. She has a knack
of stirring up all sorts Of latent evil
in your soul, just as the small boy,
with his mischievous stick, stirs up
the mud and filth of a brook, under
the impression that he is purifying
the stream.
1t appears to be the cunning virtue
of the candid person to say disagree
able things. They never beat about
the bush no, indeed! They pitch
bodily right into the middle of it,
shaking up the dust and leaves and
brambles, until you are as besmirch-
ed as your tormentor would have you
believe yourself to be.
The canded person has a set OF
phrases which, upon your showing
signs of resentment, she brings forth
as a physician brings forth narcotics.
to soOthe a restless patient.
If you are not soothed by such
maxims as, tell you for your own
good" 81 have your welfare al
heart, ." You should not close YOU
eyes to your own faults" Learn tC
subdue vanity" ETC., is it not proc:
positive that you are in need of the
discipline of candor?
You don't like the candid person
you run away from her, and she
knows it. She continues persever
ingly on her stony way, consoled by
the glorious consciousness of being {
martyr to the cause of truth.
For heavens sake let us deceive
ourselves no longer! Rude, spiteful
%unfeeling people are not truly candle
people. They are exactly what they
appear to be; nothing less, though
often something more. They are NJ
more to be COMPOUNDED with tn,
large-eyed, gentle-voiced, great-soul
ed Goddess Truth, than a fair, bloom
= ing young maiden is with an old
miserable, toothIess bag. A. r. NJ.